掃く
はく · haku
To sweep, to brush, to clean
- to gather silkworms
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 掃きますはきます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 掃きませんはきません |
| Polite past (ました) | 掃きましたはきました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 掃きませんでしたはきませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 掃きましょうはきましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 掃きはき |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 掃きたいはきたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 掃きながらはきながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 掃いてはいて |
| Plain past (た形) | 掃いたはいた |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 掃いたらはいたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 掃いているはいている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 掃かないはかない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 掃かなかったはかなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 掃かなくてはかなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 掃けるはける |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 掃けばはけば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 掃けはけ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 掃こうはこう |
| Passive (受身形) | 掃かれるはかれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 掃かせるはかせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 掃かされるはかされる |
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What does 掃く mean?
To sweep, to brush, to clean. It can also mean: to gather silkworms.
How do you pronounce 掃く?
はく (haku). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 掃く?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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